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Why a Culture of Metrics Helps Security Teams Communicate with Business Leaders

By creating a culture of metrics, organizations can find creative ways to demonstrate the effectiveness and value of cybersecurity solutions in use.

February 22, 2023 Greg Notch Leave a Comment

Business leaders want to know they’re getting the most out of their investments. That applies to people, products, vendors, resources, and infrastructure—and it also applies to cybersecurity solutions. At a time when hardly a day goes by without a new cyberattack making headlines, corporate boards are concerned with making sure they have the right solutions […]

These macOS, iOS Vulnerabilities Could Allow Attackers to Access Messages, Photos & Call History

Cybersecurity firm Trellix has discovered new privilege escalation bugs in macOS and iOS that could give hackers access to sensitive data.

February 21, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cybersecurity firm Trellix says it has discovered a new class of privilege escalation bugs in macOS and iOS that could allow attackers to bypass code signing to execute arbitrary code and gain access to messages, location data, call history and photos. According to the firm, this could allow sandbox escape on both macOS and iOS. […]

UC&C Investments Remain Critical in 2023, Experts Say

Unified communications and collaboration deployments will remain critical in 2023 as organizations continue to support hybrid workers.

February 21, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

When offices were shuttered in March 2020, videoconferencing and collaboration tools such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Slack and others became essential to maintaining business continuity in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizations were essentially forced to invest heavily in those tools to keep employees connected and engaged, and also maintain communications with […]

These 3 Departments Pose the Highest Risk of Being Hacked

Experts from NordLocker reveal which departments are most at risk of being hacked and why and provide tips on safeguarding your business from a cyberattack.

February 18, 2023 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Cybersecurity experts from NordLocker, part of Nord Security, reveal that employees from certain departments are much more lucrative targets for cybercriminals than others. With human error being the reason behind a whopping 82% of data breaches, employees are the weakest link when it comes to organizational cybersecurity. “From receptionists to the C-Suite, every employee should […]

Expert Series: Four IT Trends That Will Define 2023

February 16, 2023 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Learn about four key technologies we identified as critical to your IT organization’s success in 2023, as well as how to invest in new innovations emerging from each.

ChatGPT, Generative AI and How It Could Impact Enterprise IT

With ChatGPT-like AI being integrated into enterprise IT products, technologists should begin thinking about deploying and managing it.

February 16, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

With Microsoft beginning to integrate advanced AI technology and language models from ChatGPT creator OpenAI throughout its product portfolio–and other software providers leveraging OpenAI’s API–IT professionals should develop a strategy to deploy and govern this emerging technology. This comes as Microsoft and Google begin to compete on the public stage in the field of AI, […]

February 2023 Patch Tuesday: Three Exploited; Exchange, Word Bugs

Microsoft's February 2023 Patch Tuesday includes fixes for 75 security bugs, including three being actively exploited and four Exchange RCEs.

February 14, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

[Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article stated there were two exploited bugs patched this month. It has been updated to reflect the additional exploited vulnerability.] Microsoft has released patches to fix 75 security bugs in the February 2023 Patch Tuesday release, including one each in Microsoft Office, Windows Common Log File System Driver […]

ThreatBlockr Enhances Threat Identification & Prevention Platform

Updates to ThreatBlockr's threat defense platform allows MSPs to streamline and prioritize alert management for better protection.

February 14, 2023 Alyssa Borelli Leave a Comment

ThreatBlockr, the autonomous cyber intelligence and active threat defense platform, introduced major updates and features to its platform. According to the company, the latest release greatly improves flexibility, control, and visibility, with key updates including list consolidation, simplified policy configuration, easier protection of networks and ports, improvements to management systems and simplified access controls. These […]

Microsoft Releases Azure DDoS Protection for Sentinel

Azure DDos Protection Solution for Microsoft Sentinel helps customers identify and block attack vectors in other Azure security tools.

February 14, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is releasing a new Azure DDos Protection Solution for Microsoft Sentinel that is designed to help customers identify bad actors from Azure’s DDoS security signals and block new attack vectors in other network security products, such as Azure Firewall. The Redmond, Wash. IT giant says each Azure network security service is fully integrated with […]

DPRK Ransomware Group Targets Healthcare Sector, Agencies Say

U.S. agencies are warning healthcare organizations and others to be aware of new ransomware activity from a North Korean nation-state group.

February 13, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

U.S. agencies are warning healthcare organizations and other critical infrastructure organizations to be aware of recent activity from a North Korean nation-state ransomware group that is leveraging older vulnerabilities–including Log4Shell– to gain access into victim environments. The advisory from the FBI, U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and other agencies gives an overview of the […]